The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-09-08

now were 1t not IOr' bragg IAoo-
cility. Our brigade was in reserve
on Sunday and at last when the
order came to move forward the
brigade in our front from some
cause refused to enter dense pine
thicket in our front. Lieut.. Col.
Clack of the 3rd left his regiment
and took the flag of one OF the tal-
tering regiments and tried to rally |
the men but they would not move:
Col. w alker cried out, ''if you will
not move get out Of the way
When Greggs' men received the
order "Forwardw they raised yell
and into the thicket they leaped
chasing the enemy out of the woods
and across large field. When the
troops entered the field the sight
was grand. A long line Of battle
was in full view with flags flying
and the line as straight as if on
dress parade. The enemy had raj
lied on a hill about 600 yards
in our front, where they had
strong line of infantry and eleven
pieces of artillery. THIS field had
been in wheat and the grain was
threshed in the field and the straw
was on fire, caused by the burst
ing shells. The fire of the enemy
was perfectly terrific yet this hero
ic line never finched. The ominous
shell, terrible canister and the ia
tai minnie never stopped them.
The dull, heavy thud of the muir
derous minnie could be heard above
the din as it marked some heroic
victim. Many of the men were
barefooted, yet they waded through
the burning straw, many of them
getting severely burned, but on
they went right up to and in the
enemy's works, capturing all their
artillery and driving them like
chaff. Mcdonald at Wagram made
no better or more gallant charge
than Gregg's brigade at Chicka-
manga. We completely turned the
enemy's right half round like a half
round like half open gate. As
soon as we had driven the enemy
to the woods we advanced a Skin
mish line and did not let them rest.
We did not advance far before we
met with stubborn resistance by
fresh troops that had reinforced the
flying federais. They in turn
charged us, and our support which
: gained such an unenviable reputa
ton at Missionary Ridge, left US in
the lurch. We were unprotected on
our left and the men began to get
5 uneasy when our
GLORIOUS OLD COL. WALKER
pulled of his hat, revealing his
shining bald head, and asked tht
men of the 3rd not to leave him
: They never finched, but poured s
: most decimating fire into the fed
: eral ranks at short range. NJ
, troops could stand that murderous
: fire and they broke and fed. Here
we captured Gen. Rosecrans' head
quarters. Many of our men were
thrown by the telegraph wires run
ming along on top of the ground
> The federals came again and again
: but they could not move Gregg:
; veterans. Just before shutdown al
= the artillery ceased firing and yot
:, could hear nothing but musketr.
mingled with the yell of the gallan
. confederates as they drove the enc
: envy before them. All at once Their
i seemed to be a lull, then the grand
est and most terrible yell l heart
:, during the war, went up from TIL
> confederates, proclalming that the,
J; had won the bloodiest fight of tn
war-a glorious victory. The fiaes
: army of the union had been defeat
ed and scattered by the courage an,
: endurance of the southern soldie
4 and not by the ability oftheir com
mander-in-chief. TIE night of tn
," 10th was terrible night. Ate
V the excitement and halo Of battl
6 IS over and we can calmly thin
:, how terrible it is! Here we Wer
- broken down, hungry and exhauste
- trying to rest in the midst Of til
" dead and dying. We could hear th
. poor fellows crying, aW alter, water,
- when we had none to give then
:, Some of them praying, others cal
ing On father, mother, wife an
-. still nearer one and deare
= one still. Oh, what terrible thin
is war! Only few short hour
we were shooting at each other
= now they are wounded and we ar
= trying to minister to their wants
The battle field sfter the battle
y over is the place to show the noble
- humane man. While our enem
- has his arms IN his hand shoe
8 him, but when be is wounded an
', in our hands show him mercy an
9 kindness. He who acts the f.:
20 man in war seldom fails to do th
same in peace. The old adage 9Th
bravest are the tenderest" is eve
true, / will never forget bright
d faced boy found on the mornin
g of the 2lst. We were gathering u
~ the dead and wounded: this DO
g was not over 16 years old and hi
d face was as smooth and delicate a
Ie that of a woman. He in his frenz
t. was
lie CALLING FOR HIS MOTHER.
'ee Ali my sympathies were aroused
q and if / could l would have give
u him to his mother unscathed; bu
J. alas poor woman, fate had decree
y she should never see her darljn
,, boy again. l gave him a drink c
d water. He thanked me for it an
n IN few moments had breathed hi
y last. | felt so sorry for him, an
felt perhaps 1 pulled the fatal trig
i ger that caused this poor boy hi
y Hfc, but such is war.
Ii Chickamauga was a barren victo
RI ~ but twas not the fault Of III
Il men who fought it, for !! the brain
lie of the commander had been equal t
Ie the courage Of the men, Gen. L 5
ecrans' army would have been an
: initiated. Even on Monday morn
e ing Gen. Bragg had not wake
s up 10 the emergency OF the utca
# sion. He quietly let Rosecrans 9